Hardcore Biker
My next great problem is what to buy next, as a cheap stop gap I'm thinking about something classic-ish like a GB400TT, or a '80's CB250RS that I could resto.
Gah, I hate buying bikes, all my favourite ones get stolen.
Sent a email to the DOC ranger too.
Low personal B.M.E.P.
japanese motorcycle wreckers (he's dealing from home now apparently, somewhere in Nth canterbury) Quote
Darryl - Japanese Motorcycle Dismantlers - is believed to be in Geraldine. Dealing via Internet. Worth alerting him too.
Via the usual grapevine I heard that someone (Darryl ?) had concluded a deal to buy Don's stock just prior to the quake - don't know if any of it had actually been moved prior to the building being redcarded.
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Update, just this very minute Police Comms have just rung to say they have pulled someone over on my bike right now - I have informed them to beat the person with a large stick.
They said they'll call back shortly.
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So what came of it?
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so i take it this site is slighlty out of date?Originally Posted by Grumph
http://www.japmcdismantlers.co.nz/contact.htm
and what happened? what did the popo say?
Don't forget to bring a towel
Outside a dairy on Pannel Ave? I heard about it on my scanner.
Hardcore Biker
Well, story time.
About ten mins after my last post I was at the scene, comms had given a slightly vague description that a call back to them sorted out(yes, my job involves having their number on my phone)
The thiefs night didn't go too well, here he was, having gone for a jaunt down to his local dairy on Kerrs/Pannell for a pie/drink/whatever - and of all things, a resident across the rd, thinking he looked suspicious - called the cops.
The cops, thinking the dairy was in the process of being robbed, mobbed the place - summin like this I imagine{insert bike, thieving numpty & dairy here}
After that polava, they ran the plate and found it was flagged as stolen, where they gave me a call to confirm it was definately still flogged, and asked me to make an appearance.
The gits have done a sh1t job with a spray gun, and painted most of the tank & plastics black, rooted the ignition barrel, the fuel tank barrel, the ignition wiring harness is wrapped in red tape and they've stuck a fake carbon fibre tank protector on. They've scratched the speedo gauge cluster glass to hell, and the rear end electrics are stuffed.
Goodness knows what else I'm going to find tomorrow, on the up side, they put some gas in the tank that I'll drain for the mower to use(don't know if it's 91 or not) And has a decent battery now.
The Bike crime officer(his name eludes my memory at the mo) will be swinging by tomorrow for the usual bureaucracy, the guy claimed that he borrowed the bike from a friend - not sure that'll hold up in court
Once the police departed, with a blessing for me to ride my unreg'd(on hold) bike home - the guys brother turned up in a boyracer'd red skyline reg:CHR522 - didn't apologise for anything, just said "I guess he won't be home tonight"
I said, "He won't be home for a fair while I'm thinking"
Buggered if I know how I'm going to get the paintwork back to original, might have to find a FZR600/YZF1000/etc and just do a complete plastic/lock swap.
Don't forget to bring a towel
I was wondering why the bike got a QVR done on it whilst parked outside a store, I thought someone had recognized it as stolen while it was parked out there. I think 3 cop cars attended the scene when it was discovered stolen, so good work from the cops.
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the dude was riding around without a seat etc? why did they scratch the glass????Well, story time.
About ten mins after my last post I was at the scene, comms had given a slightly vague description that a call back to them sorted out(yes, my job involves having their number on my phone)
The thiefs night didn't go too well, here he was, having gone for a jaunt down to his local dairy on Kerrs/Pannell for a pie/drink/whatever - and of all things, a resident across the rd, thinking he looked suspicious - called the cops.
The cops, thinking the dairy was in the process of being robbed, mobbed the place - summin like this I imagine
After that polava, they ran the plate and found it was flagged as stolen, where they gave me a call to confirm it was definately still flogged, and asked me to make an appearance.
The gits have done a sh1t job with a spray gun, and painted most of the tank & plastics black, rooted the ignition barrel, the fuel tank barrel, the ignition wiring harness is wrapped in red tape and they've stuck a fake carbon fibre tank protector on. They've scratched the speedo gauge cluster glass to hell, and the rear end electrics are stuffed.
Goodness knows what else I'm going to find tomorrow, on the up side, they put some gas in the tank that I'll drain for the mower to use(don't know if it's 91 or not) And has a decent battery now.
The Bike crime officer(his name eludes my memory at the mo) will be swinging by tomorrow for the usual bureaucracy, the guy claimed that he borrowed the bike from a friend - not sure that'll hold up in court
Once the police departed, with a blessing for me to ride my unreg'd(on hold) bike home - the guys brother turned up in a boyracer'd red skyline reg:CHR522 - didn't apologise for anything, just said "I guess he won't be home tonight"
I said, "He won't be home for a fair while I'm thinking"
Buggered if I know how I'm going to get the paintwork back to original, might have to find a FZR600/YZF1000/etc and just do a complete plastic/lock swap.
glad you got it back, too bad you can't have a 'word' to him in a quiet area with no cameras
Hardcore Biker
Heh, I took the seat off before the photo to find out what battery they fitted to replace the stuffed one :-)
Buggered if I know how/why they scratched the glass, I've noticed the locking tab on the brake master cylinder resovoir has been removed too, and some cheap DOT4 added.
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weird stuff.
are you glad she's back?
many k's done on it since she's been gone?
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Has done bugger all mileage, well under 100k's - it's a relief to have her home too, since I got my bike licence when I was 15(18 years ago now) there's only been a period of under a year where I didn't have a bike.
(The gap was a result of my purchasing a Yamaha XZ400 that promptly cooked its motor - great design flaw, having two thermostats in a motor, only one of which has a temp sensor attached - guess which one seized shut...)
Suffers from peterpan syndrome
I love happy endings
Good to hear you got your bike back (dosn't happen very often...theiving bastards!)
Well done to the police!
Hope the damage is minimal and she's back on the road soon...summers comin!
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...I lean into it!
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Darryl was a grumpy fuck knuckle to deal with at the best of times. Don't think he'd be taking on more stock as he both premises full of stuff as it was before he closed the doors.
Dave at falsgrave was trying to swing a deal with Don; that was at the beginning of the year for the Allparts stock as he was still in the process of unloading & catagorising all of the stock he'd got from Grant at Timaru.
(Or I think more precisely Don was trying to move the stock on so he could have a readjustment of the storage area out the back of the shop so he could put in a area for doing services on bikes and set-up more permanent living quarters for the guy who uses the mini gym area as a flat)
Hardcore Biker
Daytime brings more unpleasant surprises, the reason why the gauge cluster is all scratch up is because they took to the back of the ignition barrel with a grinder!
On a positive note, turps is cutting the black paint off, but it's going to take a solid weekend to get it all.
I suspect the guy is no stranger to stealing bikes either, aside from the multiple failed attempts I've found to hotwire the bike - I'm betting the battery that is in my bike now is most likely from someone elses pride and joy.
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